Story by Master Sgt. Michael Kelly | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.23.2022
Comprehensive Airman Fitness is comprised of physical, social, spiritual and mental fitness. Being physically fit to fight and maintaining a war fighter spirit are crucial to completing the mission. It’s equally important to maintain good mental health. The Mental Health Office of the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group specializes in providing mental health care for AUAB members to ensure......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 11.20.2020
Medical personnel with the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group have been learning how to swab for COVID-19 testing as part of the Air Force Surgeon General’s MedicX initiative, which is meant to train non-clinical Airmen to perform simple medical tasks relevant to real-world threats....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal | Joint Base Charleston | 03.08.2019
U.S. Airmen at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar and U.S. Soldiers at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, combine optometry capabilities to ensure servicemembers across U.S. Central Command are able to focus on their mission. Once a week, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Peter Carra, 379th Expeditionary Medical Group optometry officer in charge, and Tech. Sgt. Marquita Moore, 379th EMDG optometry NCO in charge, travel......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 01.11.2019
Al Udeid Air Base’s Blood Transshipment Center is a one of a kind place. While it is the only blood transshipment center in U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility, it also houses one of the few missions on base that regularly uses volunteers from other career fields....
Story by 1st Lt. Katie Spencer | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 05.31.2018
The 379th Expeditionary Medical Group Mental Health Clinic offers services to help people handle the stressors of everyday life. These services include educational classes on sleep and stress management, goal setting, relationships, reintegration and tobacco cessation. The goal is to give members the ability to cope with stressors before they seek help from mental health professionals....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Bradly Schneider | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.11.2017
Al Udeid Air Base shipped its first unit of cold storage platelets on Aug. 17 to a location within the U.S. Air Forces Central Command Area of Responsibility. The shipment marked the first time cold storage platelets have been stored and shipped from Al Udeid Air Base for use in the AOR....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Carlos Trevino | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.15.2016
AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar – “You’re like MacGyver,” the doctor enthusiastically told Tech. Sgt. Kristoffer Bruce, a biomedical equipment repair technician with the 379th Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron, after he was told by Bruce that a broken piece of dental equipment could be repaired....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Carlos Trevino | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.09.2016
AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar – When you pass by what looks like a small home in the Coalition Compound by the 24-hour-coffee-shop, you will see the words ‘mental health’ on the barrier with a the mythical phoenix flying out of fire. Some service members might have the wrong idea that a visit to the mental health clinic will ruin their career, but the 379th Expeditionary Medical Operations......
